Legal terms you should know series

In December 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Alkermes, the manufacturers of the drug Vivitrol, for a print advertisement that misled consumers by omitting important risk information. By failing to admit the potentially fatal consequences of opioid intoxication, the safety of Vivitrol is now being called into question. Here, […]

In August 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that Allergan recall its BIOCELL textured breast implants and tissue expanders due to an increased risk of cancer among implant patients. Here, the product and medical device liability litigation attorneys at Peter Angelos Law discuss the connection between Allergan’s BIOCELL products and the increased risk […]

As the FDA continues its investigation into the carcinogenic contamination of Zantac and other ranitidine-based drugs, the agency also released an extensive list of alternative medications that are deemed safe from toxic contaminants. Here, the Baltimore pharmaceutical liability attorneys at Peter Angelos Law discuss updates to the Zantac contamination investigation as well as provide an […]

Researchers have reported that the miscategorization of a slew of patient deaths by the FDA points to the potential unreliability of their adverse events database. Here, the pharmaceutical liability attorneys at The Law Offices of Peter Angelos discuss how current protocols for reporting patient death through the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) […]